Linux Fever in the East Bay; DevX: GUI Standard for Linux?

By jennifer - September 24, 2003 - 6:00am

Round-up of recent mentions of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) and the Free Standards Group: The Contra Costa Times describes the momentum of “Linux fever”[1] in the East Bay — and beyond — and recognizes the LSB certification program as one factor that has helped Linux gain acceptance in IT. Meanwhile, DevX[2] argues for the need for “a project that builds on and augments the existing…Linux Standard Base (LSB) project” to establish a standard GUI for Linux[3], in order for Linux to compete on the desktop.